Alexis Tsipras

Alexis Tsipras (28 July 1974-) was Prime Minister of Greece from 26 January to 27 August 2015, succeeding Antonis Samaras and precedng Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, and from 21 September 2015, succeeding Thanou-Christophilou.

Biography
Alexis Tsipras was born in Athens, Greece on 28 July 1974. Tsipras joined the Communist Youth of Greece in the 1980s and took part in student protests against education reform in the 1990s, becoming the spokesperson of the movement. In 2000, he graduated from the National Technical University of Athens and became a civil engineer at a construction agency, while also leading the youth wing of Synaspismos; in 2004, he was elected to the central committee and became party president in 2008. He also became the leader of the Syriza socialist party, and in 2012 he became leader of the opposition in the Greek parliament. Tsipras led the Syriza coalition to victory in Greece in 2015 twice as Greece's debt skyrocketed, and he initiated a referendum for a bailout while also dealing with a migrant crisis.